Yesterday, Lil Wayne sat down with Elliott Wilson at the Austin Convention Center in Texas to take part in an interview for the CRWN series. While there won’t be any footage from the interview until next week, I have collected some photos and tweets from the people who attended.
Weezy spoke on his upcoming Tha Carter V album, Kanye West, his Young Money artists, going to school, how he would like to be remembered, being a Jay-Z fanatic, his 2007 run, skating, being locked up in Rikers Island, details from his arrest on his tour bus in New York, rapping about pussy, dropping a new single soon, and more.
Keep checking back to LilWayneHQ.com to watch the full interview when it drops, but for now, hit the jump to view some photos and tweets from the event to get a look at what the interview was about!
“Wayne: ‘I was a Jay Z fanatic.'”
“‘People hear music, musicians listen… I rock with anything Kanye does, he’s a genius.’ – Lil Wayne”
“Lil Wayne tells SXSW he enjoyed Kanye’s Yeezus. ‘He’s a genius.'”
“Lil Wayne on Carter V: ‘I’m approaching it like it is my last project… the grind is different, as if you don’t have tomorrow.”
“Lil Wayne says he’s approaching the next album like it’s his last”
“‘I’m working hard, I can tell you that. I’m working very hard.’ – Wayne #CRWN he says he may be ‘dropping something this week.'”
“Lil Wayne just announced he’ll be dropping a new single this week during the #CRWN interview.”
“‘If reincarnation is real, I pray I come back as [myself].’ – Lil Wayne”
“I have awesome artists. I’m not trying to outshine them… I have artists I want 2 be better than me. It’s about them, about us. — Wayne”
“‘Drake is a wonderful person… he’s where he is because of his talent.’ – Lil Wayne”
“‘I went to school because I have kids and wanted them to see that even though I’m ‘Lil Wayne’, I have an education’ – Lil Wayne”
“‘I went to school. I enjoyed it. Album out platinum – I’m in class.’ – Lil Wayne”
“‘I started so young and because of that, I’m a pure artist.’ – Lil Wayne”
“I was just going for it. It was awesome. I’m still going for it. — Lil Wayne on 2007 run”
“‘I know what I’ve done, I know what I did and I know what I can do.’ – Lil Wayne”
“When it was my turn? It’s not even a question of ‘how I felt.’ I took advantage of it. – Lil Wayne”
“You still have to impress your parents every day. That’s your toughest crowd. – Lil Wayne”
“Wayne says for him as a kid it was ‘sports and Star Trek.'”
“‘I kept a journal. I was so bored. I started writing stuff down.’ of his time on Rikers. — Wayne #CRWN & he shouts out Rikers & his cell”
“Talking about the on-the-bus details of the arrest. – Wayne”
“I’m a person who has to deal with people comparing my new to my old. – Wayne”
“What you want me to talk about? The world? I ain’t no goddam professor! that ain’t what I set out to do. – Wayne”
“I ain’t giving no lecture. I ain’t here to teach you right from wrong. I do that with my kids. This is music. – Wayne”
“My squad ain’t never wrong and when we’re wrong we’re wrong together. – Wayne”
“‘I would like to be remembered as a humble good spirit. Like a Willie Nelson, a Snoop Dogg.’ – Lil Wayne”
Photo and tweets credit: 93.7 The Beat, Afro-Pop Live, Andrew Hampp, Christian Cabreja, Danyel Smith, DJ Hawk, EBONYMag, Gabrielle A. Nelson, Gregory Gibson Jr., Karlee, and The Beat Academy.
